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Mar 10th - Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games
Mar 10th - French socialists lose election (National Front 9%)
Mar 10th - Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova & O Vasiliev (URS)
Mar 10th - India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
Mar 10th - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS)
Mar 11th - Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
Mar 12th - Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
Mar 13th - Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
Mar 13th - Michael Secrest (US) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
Mar 14th - 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
Mar 14th - Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
Mar 15th - Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
Mar 15th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 15th - The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
Mar 16th - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
Mar 16th - Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs
Mar 17th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Mar 17th - Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'
Mar 18th - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
Mar 18th - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
Mar 19th - "Spin Magazine" begins publishing
Mar 19th - NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
Mar 19th - Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile
Mar 20th - Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race
Mar 21st - Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
Mar 21st - Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
Mar 22nd - NASA launches Intelsat VA
Mar 23rd - Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley
Mar 23rd - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission
Mar 23rd - Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas)
Mar 23rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 24th - 5th Golden Raspberry Awards: Bolero wins
Mar 24th - Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)
Mar 24th - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic
Mar 24th - Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
Mar 25th - 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham & Sally Field win
Mar 25th - Edwin Meese III becomes US Attorney General
Mar 27th - Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Mar 28th - International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
Mar 28th - Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in NYC
Mar 28th - STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
Mar 29th - Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
Mar 29th - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
Mar 31st - 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000
Mar 31st - 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65
Mar 31st - El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
Mar 31st - Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan & Mr T beat Piper & Orndorf
Apr 1st - 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
Apr 2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 3rd - French government adopts equal electoral system
Apr 3rd - Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games
Apr 3rd - Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
Apr 4th - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
Apr 6th - Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
Apr 6th - Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
Apr 6th - Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
Apr 6th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 7th - 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller
Apr 7th - 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
Apr 7th - NJ General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards
Apr 8th - "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 perfs
Apr 8th - Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
Apr 8th - India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
Apr 9th - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
Apr 10th - At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
Apr 10th - Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
Apr 10th - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
Apr 11th - Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
Apr 12th - 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
Apr 12th - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
Apr 13th - "TASS" denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
Apr 13th - Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
Apr 13th - Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead
Apr 13th - Katrin Dörre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30)
Apr 13th - Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania
Apr 14th - "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
Apr 14th - 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
Apr 14th - Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
Apr 14th - Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
Apr 14th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 14th - Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penalty shot
Apr 14th - Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
Apr 14th - Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
Apr 15th - 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06
Apr 15th - 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
Apr 15th - Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing
Apr 15th - S Africa will repeal sex & marriage laws against whites & non-whites
Apr 16th - "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
Apr 16th - Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2
Apr 18th - Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
Apr 19th - 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
Apr 19th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Apr 19th - Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
Apr 20th - Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
Apr 20th - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams
Apr 20th - Karyn Marshall of NYC lifted 303 lbs in a clean & jerk lift
Apr 20th - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
Apr 21st - Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
Apr 21st - Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
Apr 21st - Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
Apr 21st - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
Apr 23rd - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
Apr 23rd - Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
Apr 23rd - Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
Apr 23rd - New Coke debuts
Apr 24th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin"
Apr 25th - "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances
Apr 25th - Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
Apr 25th - For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
Apr 25th - Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
Apr 25th - West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
Apr 28th - Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
Apr 28th - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time
Apr 28th - Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
Apr 29th - 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
Apr 29th - Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 HRs in a game in both leagues
Apr 29th - Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Apr 30th - Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th & 29th runs of April
Apr 30th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Apr 30th - Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
May 1st - "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels
May 1st - US president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
May 1st - William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in NYC
May 2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 3rd - Date of $5 million check in "View to a Kill"
May 4th - 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
May 5th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
May 6th - 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB
May 8th - 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
May 8th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
May 10th - Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
May 11th - 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
May 11th - Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
May 11th - Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1
May 11th - Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
May 11th - Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
May 11th - Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
May 12th - Amy Eilberg is ordained in NY as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
May 12th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
May 13th - Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
May 13th - Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
May 13th - Phila Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
May 15th - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
May 16th - Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
May 16th - Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
May 17th - Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska
May 18th - "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
May 18th - 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4
May 18th - 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
May 19th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic